Lot 40434 – 1854 (May). Envelope to Boston, paying the 1 rigdaler 6 skilling banco rate

1854 (May) Envelope to Boston, paying the 1 rigdaler 6 skilling banco rate, routed via « Ystad » and « Stralsund » with ds on reverse along with blue « f13 » crayon indicating that all transit fees beyond Prussia (13sgr, equal to 30c) had been paid, « AUS SCHWEDEN » hs, red « Aachen » cds, « Americ/Packet » semi-circle on reverse, « PAID/25 cents » hs noting fully paid and 25c to the USA, carried via Ostende and London to Southampton and put aboard American Ocean Line « Hermann », arriving in New York with cds for the fully paid 30c rate, minor cover imperfections; a rare pre-philatelic cover from Sweden to the USA (no Swedish pre-philatelic cover to the US was included in the Richard Winter collection).